British Army procures additional Mk3 laser light modules
The systems used for aiming and illumination will be mounted on assault rifles
Eyal Boguslavsky
| 04/09/2020
The LLM Mk3 mounted on a British soldier's rifle. Photo: UK Ministry of Defence
The German website Soldat & Technik reports that the British Army has procured additional Mk3 laser light modules for 2.75 million British pounds, equivalent to around 3 million euros.
The LLM Mk3 from Germany's Rheinmetall Soldier Electronics is offered under the product name VarioRay. In the version used by the British armed forces, the add-on device weighing around 240 grams offers a white light lamp, a visible red laser target marker, an infrared pointer, an electrically focusable infrared illuminator and an optional interrogator for friend/foe target recognition. The LLM Mk3 is attached to the weapon via a Mil-Std 1913 rail and operated via a trigger cable. The light source can be selected using a rotary switch. All light sources can be regulated continuously, and all lasers can be adjusted by block adjustment. The VarioRay is waterproof up to 30 meters. In 2014, Rheinmetall received a framework agreement for the delivery of the LLM Mk3.
Soldat & Technik noted that the VarioRay LLM is also part of the German military's “infantryman of the future" system, and has been introduced in the Swiss Army as the LLM 19.
The systems used for aiming and illumination will be mounted on assault rifles
The LLM Mk3 mounted on a British soldier's rifle. Photo: UK Ministry of Defence
The German website Soldat & Technik reports that the British Army has procured additional Mk3 laser light modules for 2.75 million British pounds, equivalent to around 3 million euros.
The LLM Mk3 from Germany's Rheinmetall Soldier Electronics is offered under the product name VarioRay. In the version used by the British armed forces, the add-on device weighing around 240 grams offers a white light lamp, a visible red laser target marker, an infrared pointer, an electrically focusable infrared illuminator and an optional interrogator for friend/foe target recognition. The LLM Mk3 is attached to the weapon via a Mil-Std 1913 rail and operated via a trigger cable. The light source can be selected using a rotary switch. All light sources can be regulated continuously, and all lasers can be adjusted by block adjustment. The VarioRay is waterproof up to 30 meters. In 2014, Rheinmetall received a framework agreement for the delivery of the LLM Mk3.
Soldat & Technik noted that the VarioRay LLM is also part of the German military's “infantryman of the future" system, and has been introduced in the Swiss Army as the LLM 19.
